Gearing.



G; L. LIBBY.

GEARING.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB. s, 1908.

Patented Apr. 2, 1912.

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fl/wul 0. LLIBBY.

GEARING.

" APPLICATION FILED PEB.6 l908.

Patented Apr. 2, 1912.

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INVEN OR. Charles LJ 'JJI Y ATTORNEY C. L- LIBBY.

GEARING.

APPLICATION FILED TBB.6, 1908.

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source of powerl; To.that end 1 combine the clutch ondbrske' mechauismsFof UNITED OFFICE.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that-.1, Cnsnuis L. Lmar, of

Indianapolis, county of Marion',-- and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Gearing; and I do hereby declare.

that the following is a full, clear, ,and exact description thereof, reference hem had to' the accompanying drawings, in w 10h like letters refer to like parts. q

The objectof this invention is'to-provide an improved quick trsvers'ez mechanlsm for carriages on lathes so thattflce-operator by moving a lever can "automatioully move the carriage very rapidly, say thirty fe'eta minute and be thus relieved from moving *the heretofore. I One feature of the in'vention'eonsists in.

carriage 'along the lathe by hand as providing gearing whereby the nick trav- 20 mu be independently operated and con-' erse'mcchanisms of ,'a plurality of carriages tro led'and at the same-time-be driven from the quick traverse mechanisms of '-the ,plu-

rslity of carriages and provideflgearipfi'} whereoy either or both quick traverse mee enisms may be thrown into or out of o era-' tion and moved in dither direct-ion or w rereby they muy be independently controlled.

Another feature of the invention consists in the novel clutch mechanism whereby the quick. traverse may be readily stopped or operated in either direction. -.Tlns, broadly stated, consists of a shaft with a. friction cylinder thereongn pinion loosely mounted on the shaft on each side of said friction cylinder, meansior clutching either side of said cylinderwith th corresponding pinion, and means, pi etergbl y within the shaft for controlling said clutching operation.

Another feature of the invention consists in combining with said clutch mechanism 0. simultaneously operable and controllable brake mechanism whereby when the quick traverseis'throivn out of operation, it and the carriage will immediately cease movetionary.

ment, and the screw thereqfter be held stu- In this connection the brake mechanism is controlled by the some means that I controls the clutch mechanism.

.flhe'se'and the other features of my invention will be :understood from the accom panying drawings and the following de- 5 scription' and chums:

the'druwings Figure 1 is 5 side -eleva I tpeomcsti'on of Fetter: intent. Application 'iueu nbniu' e, Serial Mame V iat nt u Apr. 2,1912.

tion of a. turret lathe. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the rear portion of what is shown in Fig. 1, s partbein broken away; Fig.3 is an elevation oft e, left hand end of Fig. 1, parts being broken away.'- Fig. 4 is anele vationof the quick traverse mechanism shown in Fig. 2, and on' alarger scale. Fig.

5 isa'transverse vertical. section on the line f Indetail there is :shown the bed 10 of a lathe on edestals 11 and 12. On one end of'the be there is a casing 13 for the spindle 14. There is a chuck '15. .There 18 u tool-post 16 having a carriage 17 slidably mounted on the bed and from one side of which depends unapron 18. There is a .tur-

;,ret 20 on "the turret slide 21 slidable upon 1am 10 and having depending therefrom The invention hereiii' resides in the-means for quick-moyementmf the turret and tool post carriage uponr'the bed of the lathe. The turret. slidefgr the turret 20 is moved and actuated by the upper quick traverse screw 23-that i's'i'nounte longitudinally of the machine beside the bed, and the tool post' carriage is actuated by the lower quick traverse screw 24 similarly mounted. There is the usual connectiom'such as'the nuts 25 between said quick traverse screws and the aprons 18 and 22 of the two carriages mentioned. The left hand ends of said screws 23 and 24, as shown in Fig. 1, aremounted in imd project into 'a casing 26 and the carry bevel gears27 and 28 which mesh wit 1- beyel gca'rs 29 nhd 30 respectively on shafts 31 and 32 that carry' the pinions 33 and 34, see Fig. 5.

The gear 33 on the upper spindle 31 meshes with the small pinion 35,see Figs.

5 and 7, it being mounted on the shaft 36 secured in bearings 37 at one .end. On the shaft 36 about midway there is a friction hub 38 secured thereto and gears'40 and 41 beside said friction hub 38 and partially overlapping the'same,'as shown in Fig. 5 and 'w ich are alternately thrown into clutching engagement with the shaft 36 by radially movable pins 42, one for each gear,

that are pushed outwardly into clutching engagement with said gears by a sliding rod 43 mounted centrally in the outer portion in rod 43 engages the two pins 42, said rod is concave so that when it is moved to the right .as shown in Fig. 5 it will elevate the left hand pin and'lower the right hand pin and when it is moved to the left itwill elevate the right hand pin and lower the left hand pin, expanding friction ring 99 thus altermitelyloekin or engaging the gears 40 and 41 with the friction hub 38. The lower gear 34- meshes with a pinion 35 corresponding with the pinion 35 above and on the lower stant mesh with the upper gears 40 and 41 they are both also constant y driven in .reversedirections and power is transmitted position of the sliding rod 13, but when saidrod is in the position shown in the lower part of Fig. 5 so that the clutch pins 4-2 aren-ot in engngementwith either of the driven. When saidsha ft's' 36 are not driven rotated.

sliding rod 43 in the lo vjer shaft-36 has on its outer end a pair ofifhtillars 70 between which an arm 71 is held that is secured in one end of the lever 72 which is fulcrumed from one or either of the gears40 and 4-1 to the corresponding shaft 36 according to thew,

gears 40 or 41, neither of the shafts 36 is 7 the quick traverse screws 23 and'2 t are not The means for controlling idle-kinda, mechanism just described is as follows: The 8' 5 thatili conueetimi with the upper shaft ,in

5: to tl:- pulley 55, on the driving shaft no and between its ends by the pin 73 in the bracket 74, see Fig. 5. The lever 72 is actuated'by the connecting bar-7 5 extending transversely ,Theonter ends of the two shafts 36 ext g h ed 0 f e ma e and tend through sleeves .45 which project i which is reciprocated by the hand lever 76 wardly from the friction diskseo, said n the end of the rod 77 that extends hori- 9c sleeves 45 having bearing in inwardly exzontally along one slde of the'machlne, as tcnding bea ring sleeves 47. The friction shown in Fig. 1, being atone end mounted disks 48 are stationary, the sleeves 47. being bvflrmg 111d h endfill secured in the rings 49 which are integral ing 79. In this mannertliesliding rod 43 with the frameor lathe bed. The friction is moved into any one of; three positions to 5 "rings 5O arc secured by screws to the outer Control t e Child! mechanism ShOWX} in surfaces of the stationary disks 48 so as to 5. The function of the lever7tl at,-the'le?t overlap and-to engage frietio'nully the disks han nd f the ma hincis performed also 46,,thelatt crv being held in frictional enbythe hand lever 179 through which the rod gageine t with said rings normaily by 77 is splined and said rod-77 hasbearing 1n 1 springs 52 on the rods 5;} that project sleeve 80 secured to the tool post carriage. throughthe outer friction disks 54, mounted The rod 77 can be actuated by either lever onthe shafts 36, whereby said springs 52 and-rods 53 tend to clamp the two friction 76 or 179, as is most convenient.

The upper sliding rod 43 is actuated by a disks 46 and Skin trietional engagement with the opposite sides of thcstationary substantially similar mechanism as the 10 lower one, there being on the .end'of said friction'ring 48. .The construction of the mechanism in connection with the lower upper rod 43 a pair of collars 81 between which the arm 82 fits that is pivoted to the h ft, 3(3 as h i Fig. 5 is the same as .upper end of the lever 83 fulcrumed bei tween itsends at 84 and aetuatcd by a con- 11 net-ting bar 184- corresponding to bar 751ind actuated by a lever 85 corresponding to the lever 76,. said lever being secured. on the rod HT mil-responding to the rod 77. Another hand level-8S is splin'ed on Said rod 87 and 11; has bearing in bearing block 89 secured to the turret carriage. 1 ll the foregoing clutch mechanism the rod 2? which m ves the turret carriage -czln bully either lever 88 or 85, quickly thrown 12c into or out of (a ienation or quickly reversed. And by operating eitherhand lever 179 or 76 the tool post. carriage can be rapidly moved along the lathe by throwing the quick traversesi-rmv ill into or out of operation or re- 12-] \t'i'siilg it. Thus, when the lower sliding rod -12; is in the position shown in Fig. 3, the tool post carriage is stationary or may he moved 1 or be controlled by the ordinary feed mechanism which, however, is not herein shown. 130

20 shaft 36 which has a friction hub 38 and gears-40 and t1, the same as what is shown in the upper part of Fig. 5.

Fig. but; in that figure the lower parts haveilmen turned one-fourth of a revolution farther than the upper parts.

Power from a-su aole supply is brought that ismounted in bearing brackets 57 and 58 on the rear sidc oftho liunrhine. as shown in Fig. '2. Said shaft carries a bowl gear 59,":-:eo Fig. it), that; meshes with a bowl L'It'tlli (iii Uh llil' Slitlil (il .i the lpaping ti' that-is Hc uredon the removable plate (35 fastened to the lathe liQtl it) on the rear side. The shaft. (it on its inner end has H' 'IH'Hl to it. two gears titi and (37. The gear 116 through the pinion 68 see Fig. 6 drives the lower gear fli and the guano? is in nu'sll and directly drives the .lower gear it so that-"those two gears it) and it are (mlstail'tly"driven but in opposite directions. Since the lo'nofgrurs il and 11 are in run-1 to the rig as shown in Fig. 1.

turret carriage its corresponding Screw 55 respomling hardened pin 95.

lVhen either hand lever 76 or 179 is thrown outwardly in a direction away from the machine, the sliding rod at in Fig. 5 will he moved to the left which will clutch the gear 5 40 into engagement with the shaft 36 and thus the tool post carriage will be moved to the right, as shown in Fig. 1. Then the other hand lever 75 or 179 is thrown toward the maeh' c, the sliding rod 43 will be moved t from the position shown in Fig. 5, which will clutch the gear 41-1 into engagement with the shaft 36' and release the other gear 40 so that the tool post carriage will be reversed quickly and move toward the left, On the contrary, when either hand lever 85 or 88 is moved outwardly from the machine a corresponding change in the clutchmechanism relating to the upper shaft 36 will take place and the will be moved to the left, as the upper gear 40 moves in the opposite direction to the lower gear 40 which drives it. A reversal of said lovers will cause the varriage'to move to the right and a middle 25 position of said levers will stop the turret carriage or leave it to the control of the ordinary feeding mechanism, which, however, is not here shown.

In order to stop each carriage and to lock 23 or 24 stationary for the ordinary feed, a brake mechanism is provided and that' mechanism is controlled zby the sliding rod 43, that is, controlled by the same mechanism that controls the clutch.

The brake mechanism has been described heretofore and is shown in Figs. 5, S and 9, consisting of the stationar friction ring 50 carried on the stationary members l-7and 48 and engaged by the clamping movement toward each other of the friction disks -.l6 and 5-1 by reason of the springs 52 and rods 53. The inner friction disk 46 splined on the shaft 36 so as to turn therewith, and as has been stated, the outer friction disk 52 is carried by the pins.53 in connection with the other disk 46. Normally the brake is acting by reason of springs 52, that is when the quick traverse is not being used. At that time the ends of the clutch releasing levers 00 rest in. notches 91 on the sliding rods 43 and there fore have no ctloct. '.lhese levers are fulcrmned at 92 in connection with the outer friction disk 51- and one end of said lever 90 V carries a hardened pin 94 that engages a cor- Therefore, when the sliding rod 43 is movedin either direction for quick traverse of the carriages,

it will press the ends of said levers tit} apart, thereby actuating said levers and cansin them to press the two friction disks id 52 so as to disengage the stationary friction ring 50. Then when the quick traverse movement ends and the sliding rods l-E'i mo to the normal posi ions, as in brake will again be in operation and the movement of the carriages he stopped.

What; I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. Gearing including driving means, a shaft, clutch mechanism mounted in connec tion with said shaft and through which power is transmitted from said driving means to said shaft, said clutch mechanism having as a part thereof a longitudinally movable clutch operating rod, and a brake mechanism actin on said shaft adapted to be actuated by said clutch operating rod,

2. Gearing including driving means, a shaft, clutch mechanism mounted in conned tion with said shaft and through which power is transmitted from said driving means to said shaft said clutch mechanism having as a part thereof a loi'igitndinally movable clutch operating rod with a note therein, a brake n'iechnnism adapted to acton said shaft, a lever with one end in said notch when the clutch mechanism is disengaged which is adapted to release said brake mechanism when said clutch rod is moved so as to move the lever out of the notch.

3. Gearing including driving means, a shaft, clutch mechanism mounted in cannery; tion with said shaft through which transmitted from said driving means to saidshatt said clutch mechanism having as a part thereof a longitudinally movable ciuteli opcratingrod with a notch therein,

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tion brake member secured on said a slidable friction brake member eotiperating with said brake member on the she c, a iever fnlcrumed near said slidahle bra. .e member with one end adapted to enter said match in said rod and be actuated b the longitudinal movement of said rod ant the other end of said lever being in position. to engage said slidable brake wheel and more it. into brain ing position when said lever is; actuated.

In witness whereof,I have her-canto affixed my signature in the presence of the herein named.

CHARLES L. LIBBY.

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Omve Bnnnnnn, V. II. LOCKWOOD. 

